Usually the second representatives play at the same time as the first team. That was not the case with Borussia Mönchengladbach II, because the Bundesliga club will only play against Arminia Bielefeld on Sunday. So a few more lapwings came to the game against KFC Uerdingen than usual. The 682 spectators, including more than half from Krefeld, did not get much to see. It was a zero number of the boring sort. Although the commitment was right, the penalty area scenes could be counted on one hand.
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The Uerdingen, who wanted to give their coach Dmitry Voronov the first threesome for his 36th birthday, only had a small present for him and were not left empty-handed: the second point win in a row after the 0-0 win against Alemannia Aachen and the second Game without conceding a goal – at least something.
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Coach Voronov had only changed his starting formation in two positions compared to the previous week. “If you haven’t conceded a goal, it makes little sense to change the back four,” he had already announced in advance. He made one change voluntarily: Tom Fladung was preferred to Leon Augusto in midfield; he was forced to take the second because striker Charles Atsina had to pass due to muscular problems and Justin Neiß played for him.
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At first it was a game that swung back and forth between the penalty areas without intruding. That was the case for the first time after 20 minutes, when Mönchengladbach’s Tom Gaal headed the ball and the goalkeeper Jovan Jovic steered brilliantly over the crossbar. It was the only dangerous goal situation that both teams managed in the first 45 minutes, even though they were clearly trying.
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Anyone who thought that something more would happen on the lawn after the change was mistaken. In the 66th minute, cheers broke out from the fans, who were grateful for every successful action: the Uerdingen team had fought for a corner. With five minutes to go, the KFC fans screamed for the first and last time that afternoon, but Borussia’s goalkeeper Jan Olschowsky thwarted Abdul Fesenmeyer’s goal with a brilliant save. So it stayed with the fair division of points.
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Since the home game against Sportfreunde Lotte planned for Tuesday has been canceled by the association due to some corona cases among the guests, the next championship game of the KFC will take place next Saturday at FC Wegberg-Beeck.
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